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Title: The large observatory for x-ray timing (loft)
Authors: Feroci, M.
Herder den, J.W.
Bozzo, E.
Paul, Biswajit
+310 Co-authors
Issue Date: 31-Jul-2014
Publisher: SPIE - The International Society for Optics and Photonics
Citation: Proceedings of the SPIE Vol. 9144, p914412T- 2014 , Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Edited by Tadayuki Takahashi; Jan-Willem A. den Herder & Mark Bautz
Abstract: The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) was studied within ESA M3 Cosmic Vision framework and participated in the final downselection for a launch slot in 2022-2024. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument, LOFT will study the behaviour of matter under extreme conditions, such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions of accretion flows close to black holes and neutron stars, and the supranuclear densities in the interior of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, 10 m2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1° collimated field of view) and a Wide Field Monitor (WFM, 2-50 keV, 4 steradian field of view, 1 arcmin source location accuracy, 300 eV spectral resolution). The WFM is equipped with an on-board system for bright events (e.g. GRB) localization. The trigger time and position of these events are broadcast to the ground within 30 s from discovery. In this paper we present the status of the mission at the end of its Phase A study
Description: Restricted Access. An open-access version is available at arXiv.org (one of the alternative locations)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6320
ISBN: 9780819496126
Alternative Location: http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.6526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2055913
Copyright: 2014 SPIE
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